Metallic tie and rail-fastener.



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METALLIU TIE AND RAIL FASTENER.

' 12191110111011 FILED 11110.24, 1210. 19 94 549 Patented June 6, 1911/ UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AMBROSE W ILLIAMS, 0F ELIZABETH, PENNSYLVANIA.

METALLIC TIE AND RAIL-FASTENER.

Specincation of-Letters Patent.

Patented June 6, 1911.

Application filed December 24, 1910. Serial No. 599,163.

To all iulwm itmay cone em: v

Be it known that I, AMnnosn WILLIAMS,-

a citizeniof the United States of America,

residing at Elizabeth, in the county of Allegheny-and State of Pennsylvania, have in vented certain new and useful Improve ments in Metallic Ties and Rail-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanyi drawing.

his inven rail fastener, and theobjects of myinvention'are to-"obviate the necessity of using wooden and sleepers for; supporting rai-l s,' and toprovide a strong and durable metallic tie that can be easilytamped' and laid upon the ballast of a roadbed.

Other objects of my invention are tofurnish a metallic tie with a simple and durable rail. fastener that will prevent vertical displacement of 'ra'ils mounted upon the tie, and f to provide a 'raiLfaste'ner that canjbe qu1ckly installed by nnskilled labon;

v Further objects offlthe' invention are, to

' will allow for the expansion and contraction spending parts throughout the several views,

ortlon'pf the tie andrail fastener, 15 is; a plan of, the sarne,

provide a metallic tie and rail fastener that of the rails, 'an'd-to provide a'rail "fastener or braceithat can be advantageously used for bracing the outer rails upon, a curved section of. track.

I'attain the above objects oya mechanical constmction that willlbe presently described in" detail and? then claimed, and reference 'will now be had to the drawing, wherein like numerals of reference designatecorra in which I Figurelisia side elevation of the metallic tie and ra'l fstenen partIybroken away',

Fig. 2 is alongitudinalj sectional view of a view of a detached outer. fastener; and Fig.-

5 is, a similar view-of a detached inner fastoner,-

A" tie in accordance with this invention.

comprises a. channel-shaped bar, having a base plate 1 andside'walls 2. the bar and extending 4 to the opposite end is a woodenblock '3protrudin es of the walls 2 -and"there relievingto a .certain'degree the vibrato '1 strains setup between the ra ls n tion relates to a metallic tie and Fig. ,4 is'a perspective ltlounted in. from one end thereof slightly above the. upper edges of. the wa s 2 to support? the basefianges of rails 5, theiblock preyenting the-rails from I contacting with the upper e g 65 f bar, a tongue rail" fasteners,'

V and the tie by rolling stock passing over the Vwardly upon the outer sides of the walls 2,

and the tongue 8 extending through alining openings 10 and 11 provided therefor in'the block 3 and the base plate 1 of the tie. The lower end of the tongue 8 is adapted to engage in the ballast of a roadbed and prevent the tie from sliding or becoming displaced. The side walls? are adapted to be held in engagement with the side walls 2 by a transverse bolt 12 and a nut 13, said bolt extending through alining openings 14 provided therefor in the walls 7' and 2 and the block 3 of the-tie.

The inner rail fastener comprises a clamp 15,,adapted to engage the inner base flange and the head of the rail 5, said clamp having a lateral extension' 16 provided with-a depending driven into the wooden block 3. The lateral extension has a vertical opening 18 adapted to aline 'with a similar opening 19 in the block 3 and the base plate 1, whereby af'bolt ,QO'can be mounted in said openin s and retained therein bya nut 21 sorewe upon the r upper end of the bolt.

- In lieuof the wooden block 3 any otheryieldable material can be employed, and it is "thought that the manner of assembling the fastener upon the tie-will be apparent without vfurther description, and 'whiler'in the draw-ing thereis illustrated a preferred embodiment ofthe invention, it is to understood that. the structural elements" thereof-are susceptible of 'such chan es as fall within the scope of the-appendedc} aims.

:' I WhatI claim is z-- f1, In a metallic tie-and rail fastener,, -the combination with rails, of, a', channel bar, a wooden block arranged in said bar and extending'from one end thereof to the-opposite end 'andad'a ted to support said rails above the u perges of said channel Zbar, outer ,rail .asteners adapted to brace theyouter "side's-10f said rails and having dependin walls upon the outer sides of said-channe V-shaped prong 17 adapted to be carried by each of theout er; and extending through "said block and said bar, means arranged transversely of said block and adapted to retain said outer rail fasteners inengagement with said bar, inner rail fasteners adapted to engage the inner sides of said rails a depending prong carried by each fastener and adapted to engage in saidblock, and means.

arranged vertically of said block and adapted to retain said inner fasteners in engagement therewith.

2. In a metallic-tie and rail fastener, the combination with rails, of a channel bar, a

Y block arranged in said bar and extendln from one end thereof to the opposite en and adapted to support said rails, outer rail fasteners adapted to engage the outer sides of said rails and having depending tongues extending through said block and said. bar, means including a bolt arran d transversely of said block and adapte to retain each outer rail fastenerin engagement with said tie, inner rail fasteners mounted upon said block and adapted to brace the inner sides of said rails and having depending prongs adapted to engage in sald block, an

means including a bolt extending through said block and adapted to retain each inner fastener thereon.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence of two Wlt-HBSSQS.

AMBROSE WILLIAMS. Witnesses:

Max H. Snomvrrz, KARL H. BUTLER. 

